Capitol Graduate Research Summit Day at the Capitol features eight WSU students
WSU graduate students competed to participate in GRASP 2018. The Graduate School selected eight students to showcase research and projects of potential interest to state legislators at the capitol. The annual statewide event features research conducted by students from all seven Kansas Board of Regents graduate public universities. This event is free and open to the public.
Research presenters of posters include these students:
- Ali Adibi, doctoral student, Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing
Engineering: "Quantifying Potential Therapeutic Benefit of Spatiotemporal Dose Modulation for Cancer Treatment." Ehsan Salari is the research advisor.
- Randy Barbour, doctoral student, Department of Community Psychology:
"The Great Debate of College Achievement: Which Nonacademic Factors Contribute Most To College Readiness and Success?" Charles Burdsal is the research advisor.
- Drew Colcher, master's student, Department of English:
"Linguistic Discrimination Against Latino Residents of Garden City, Kansas." Rachel Showstack is the research advisor.
- Alexus Cossell, master's student, Department of Human Performance Studies - Exercise
Science: "Comparison of Tongue Muscle Performance in Singers and Non-Singers."
Ryan Z. Amick and student Brianna Caldwell are co-authors. Heidi A. VanRavenhorst-Bell is the research advisor.
- Srikanth Gampa, doctoral student, Department of Electrical Engineering - Computer
Science: "Safeguarding Patients Data for Reasonable Health Care Cost." Rajiv Bagai is the research advisor.
- Brett Gliem, master's student, Department of Physician Assistant: "Physician
Assistant Students Supporting Integration of Oral Health Now (Passion)." Student Elyse Bigler is co-author. Kim Darden is the research advisor.
- Emil Jurak, doctoral student, Department of Mechanical Engineering: "Proposed
Method for Clean Water by Addressing Nitrogen Contribution to Surface Water Contamination." Student Sarah Jurak is co-author. Ramazan Asmatulu is the research advisor.
- Vijay Matheswaran, doctoral student, Department of Aerospace Engineering: "Retrofit Winglets for Wind Turbines." L. Scott Miller is the research advisor.